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31673Sports Reference Logo7/17: FootballPerspective.com- Most Dominant Fantasy Players Since 1950: Wide Receivershttp://www.footballperspective.com/most-dominant-fantasy-players-since-1950-wide-receivers/
On Wednesday, we looked at the most dominant quarterbacks in fantasy history. Yesterday, we did the same for running backs. Today, we look at wide receivers, using the methodology described over the two previous days. I am using the following scoring system throughout this series: 1 point per 20 yar2015-07-17 00:37:589/22: The Pesky Pole- 1988 Buffalo Bills Simulation: Week 1http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThePeskyPole/~3/BQVW8b2C8Ns/1988-buffalo-bills-simulation-week-1.html
As the Buffalo Bills of 2014 try to get back to the glory days I thought it was **** to start a simulation from the very beginning of the most recent glory run of the Buffalo Bills. 1988 was the first year the Bills would make the playoffs under Marv Levy with a guy named Jim Kelly at quarterbac2014-09-22 18:39:547/27: FootballPerspective.com- James Lofton is the Yards Per Catch Kinghttp://www.footballperspective.com/james-lofton-is-the-yards-per-catch-king/
Yesterday, we looked at which quarterbacks were the best at yards per completion after adjusting for league average. Today, we&#8217;ll do the same thing for wide receivers and yards per completion. A small tweak is necessary to the formula. You can skip down to the results section if you don&#8217;2014-07-27 00:35:507/22: FootballPerspective.com- The Top Quarterbacks And The Receivers They Threw It Tohttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-top-quarterbacks-and-the-receivers-they-threw-it-to/
Last week, I looked at the top receivers and the quarterbacks who threw it to them. Today, we flip that question around and look at which receivers the top quarterbacks threw to. I used the exact same methodology from the previous post, so please read that for the fine details. For Peyton Manning, 22014-07-22 00:35:467/14: FootballPerspective.com- The Top Receivers And The Men Who Threw It To Them IIhttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-top-receivers-and-the-men-who-threw-it-to-them-ii/
One of my first posts at Football Perspective was one of my favorites: the top receivers and the men who threw it to them. I like referencing that post from time to time, so I decided to update the numbers through the 2013 season. I looked at all regular season games since 19601, and calculated [&#82014-07-14 00:35:477/3: FootballPerspective.com- Best AV-Weighted Winning Percentages of Offensive Playershttp://www.footballperspective.com/best-av-weighted-winning-percentages-of-offensive-players/
Yesterday, I looked at the weighted career winning percentages for running backs, with the weight being based on each player&#8217;s yards from scrimmage in each season of his career. Today, I want to do the same thing but for all offensive players, using PFR&#8217;s Approximate Value ratings. By th2014-07-03 00:35:446/12: FootballPerspective.com- Joint Post: Talking Wide Receiver Size With Matt Waldmanhttp://www.footballperspective.com/joint-post-talking-wide-receiver-size-with-matt-waldman/
Friend-of-the-program Matt Waldman had some thoughts on the topic of wide receiver size, and then asked if I could contribute with some data. Matt posted our joint effort on his Matt&#8217;s site, but I&#8217;m reproducing it below for the Football Perspective readers. On twitter, some asked if I co2014-06-12 00:36:054/10: FootballPerspective.com- Wide Receivers and Weighted Team Pass Attemptshttp://www.footballperspective.com/wide-receivers-and-weighted-team-pass-attempts/
In his seven-year career, Calvin Johnson has already recorded 9,328 receiving yards. And for those curious about these sorts of things, he&#8217;s the career leader in receiving yards per game at 88.0, too. But Johnson has also benefited greatly from playing on teams that have thrown a weighted aver2014-04-10 00:35:493/25: FootballPerspective.com- How will DeSean Jackson age?http://www.footballperspective.com/how-will-desean-jackson-age/
If you believe the rumors, the Eagles are desperately trying to trade wide receiver DeSean Jackson; absent an eligible suitor, and Philadelphia may even cut the three-time Pro Bowler. This is a pretty weird situation; what&#8217;s even weirder is how few tangible reasons have been given as to why th2014-03-25 00:36:183/16: FootballPerspective.com- Homer Jones Is the Leader in Average Length of Receiving Touchdownhttp://www.footballperspective.com/homer-jones-is-the-leader-in-average-length-of-receiving-touchdown/
In November, I noted that Chris Johnson was the career leader in average length of rushing touchdown. Since then, he&#8217;s actually dropped to number two, as his six rushing touchdowns covered &#8220;only&#8221; 84 yards in November and December. But what about the career leader in average length 2014-03-16 00:35:481/13: FootballPerspective.com- Marvin Harrison Should Be A First-Ballot Hall of Famerhttp://www.footballperspective.com/marvin-harrison-should-be-a-first-ballot-hall-of-famer/
In a couple of weeks, the newest class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be announced. Only five modern-era wide receivers have been selected enshrinement on their first ballot: Jerry Rice, Paul Warfield, Steve Largent, Raymond Berry, and Lance Alworth. This year, in his first year of eligibilit2014-01-13 23:36:161/4: EDSFootball- T.Y. Hilton sets Colts playoff record with 224 yards and 2 TDshttp://eatdrinkandsleepfootball.com/blog/2014/01/ty_hilton_sets_colts_playoff_record_with_224_yards_and_2_tds.html
Overcoming a 28-point third-quarter deficit, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck threw for 443 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions and scored on a fumble recovery as well.
Only three quarterbacks (Bernie Kosar, Drew Brees (twice) and Peyton Manning) have thrown for more yards in a playof2014-01-04 21:37:0810/29: FootballPerspective.com- Was Calvin Johnson&#8217;s 329-yard Game The Best Ever By a WR?http://www.footballperspective.com/was-calvin-johnsons-329-yard-game-the-best-ever-by-a-wr/
On Sunday, Calvin Johnson picked up 329 receiving yards against the Cowboys, the second most receiving yards in a single game after Flipper Anderson&#8217;s 336 yards in 1989 against the Saints. But when I think of the greatest games by a receiver of all time, my mind instantly goes to a performance2013-10-29 00:36:149/24: FootballPerspective.com- Receiving WOWY Extended Back to 1950http://www.footballperspective.com/receiving-wowy-extended-back-to-1950/
Last week, we announced that our True Receiving Yards metric has now been calculated back to 1950, so it&#8217;s only **** that we also compute WOWY (With Or Without You) for all of those receivers as well. Skip the paragraph after this if you don&#8217;t care about the gory mathematical details,2013-09-24 01:36:059/19: FootballPerspective.com- True Receiving Yards (v2.0) Extended Back to 1950http://www.footballperspective.com/true-receiving-yards-v2-0-extended-back-to-1950/
About a month ago, Chase &#038; I developed a stat called True Receiving Yards, which seeks to put all modern &#038; historical receiving seasons on equal footing by adjusting for the league&#8217;s passing YPG environment &#038; schedule length, plus the amount the player&#8217;s team passed (it&#82013-09-19 00:36:299/5: FootballPerspective.com- WOWY: Which Receivers Elevate Their Quarterbacks the Most?http://www.footballperspective.com/which-receivers-elevate-their-quarterbacks-the-most/
In 1998, 21-year-old Randy Moss made a stunning NFL debut, racking up 17 touchdowns and 1,260 True Receiving Yards, the 2nd-best total in football that season. The Vikings&#8217; primary quarterback that year, Randall Cunningham, was a former Pro Bowler and MVP, but all that seemed like a lifetime a2013-09-05 00:36:188/28: FootballPerspective.com- Ben Roethlisberger and Receiving-Corps Qualityhttp://www.footballperspective.com/ben-roethlisberger-and-receiving-corps-quality/
While the state of the Steelers&#8217; receiving corps isn&#8217;t as shaky as say, that of the New England Patriots, it could certainly be called an area of potential concern for Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh offense going into 2013. One of the biggest moves on the first day of free agency 2013-08-28 00:35:488/21: FootballPerspective.com- The Best Skill Position Groups Everhttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-best-skill-position-groups-ever/
The Atlanta Falcons have a pretty good group of skill position players. Tony Gonzalez has a comfortable lead on Jerry Rice&#8217;s career receptions pace; Gonzalez will one day become the first tight end inducted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Steven Jackson is a borderline Hall of Famer2013-08-21 00:36:098/19: FootballPerspective.com- True Receiving Yards, Version 2.0 &#8211; Career Rankingshttp://www.footballperspective.com/true-receiving-yards-version-2-0-career-rankings/
On Thursday, Neil and I introduced you to the concept of True Receiving Yards. That&#8217;s required background reading, but in a nutshell, True Receiving Yards is designed to place all receivers since 1970 into the same environment. It starts with receiving yards, but gives a bonus for receptions a2013-08-19 00:36:218/1: FootballPerspective.com- Is Wes Welker the Most PPR Receiver Ever?http://www.footballperspective.com/is-wes-welker-the-most-ppr-receiver-ever/
If you don&#8217;t play fantasy football, you probably have no idea what this title means. Of course, it&#8217;s 2013, so if you don&#8217;t play fantasy football, you&#8217;re now the oddball. &#8220;PPR&#8221; stands for points per reception. About half of all fantasy leagues do not give any point2013-08-01 00:36:126/28: FootballPerspective.com- Another way to examine the best wide receiver seasons everhttp://www.footballperspective.com/another-way-to-examine-the-best-wide-receiver-seasons-ever/
We don&#8217;t rank quarterbacks by passing yards because &#8220;passing yards&#8221; is largely a function of pass attempts. The same is true for receiving yards, as the number of times a team passes the ball has a big impact on a receiver&#8217;s yardage total. I&#8217;ve spent some time this year2013-06-28 00:37:325/25: FootballPerspective.com- Ranking wide receivers by percentage of team yardshttp://www.footballperspective.com/ranking-wide-receivers-by-percentage-of-team-yards/
Seven years ago, Doug wrote this post analyzing wide receivers by team receiving yards. That post was overdue for an update for three reasons: (1) it was written seven years ago; (2) Doug only went back to 1978, while we now can go back to 1932; and (3) I think using Adjusted Catch Yards (which [...2013-05-25 00:35:503/5: FootballPerspective.com- Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environmenthttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-receiving-numbers-translated-to-the-2012-passing-environment/
I&#8217;ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks ago. Grading wide receivers requires one to adjust for era, but there are many different ways to do that. Calvin Johnson caught 122 passes last year for 1,964 yards and five2013-03-05 23:35:492/23: FootballPerspective.com- Trivia of the Day â€“ Sunday, February 24thhttp://www.footballperspective.com/trivia-of-the-day-sunday-february-24th/
Eight teams in NFL history have rostered five players who &#8212; at some point in their career &#8212; gained at least 1,000 receiving yards in a season. The most recent three teams were the 2003-2005 Rams, who had Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce, Marshall Faulk, Kevin Curtis, and Mike Furrey. Furrey would2013-02-23 23:35:432/19: FootballPerspective.com- The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part III â€“ Career Rankingshttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-greatest-wide-receivers-ever-version-2-0-part-iii-career-rankings/
On Monday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history, and yesterday, I presented a list of the best single seasons of all time. Today the career list of the top 200 wide receivers. As usual, I implemented a 100/95/90 formula, giving a player credit for 100% of hi2013-02-19 23:35:461/5: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Career receiving stats in wins and losseshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-career-receiving-stats-in-wins-and-losses/
Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses, and yesterday, I did the same for quarterbacks. Today we will check out the splits for receivers. I looked at all games, including playoffs, from 1960 to 2011, for all players with at least 4,000 receiving yards over that time period2013-01-05 23:35:3411/22: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Best Thanksgiving Performanceshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-best-thanksgiving-performances/
Stump your family with some Football Perspective trivia today. The tables below show the leaders in various categories in all games played on Thanksgiving since 1960. Most passing yards Most passing touchdowns Most rushing yards Most receiving yards Most rushing/receiving touchdowns Tweet2012-11-22 12:35:41